How chemical engineers contribute to artificial life research

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

How chemical engineers contribute to artificial life research

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Artificial life is the study of artificial systems that exhibit the behavioural characteristics of natural living systems. In this paper, the field of artificial life will be introduced with an emphasis on wet artificial life, which aims to synthesize artificial cells from chemical precursors. The challenge of creating an artificial cell composed of all attributes of living counterparts (such as growth and development, homeostasis, movement, energy use) is one that is yet to be solved. Our ambition is to create a system that will at least partly mimic cell behaviour. We focus on the investigation of organic droplets in the presence of aqueous solutions of surfactants. We have found that in a similar way to living cells, these droplets are able to perform chemotactic movements in concentration gradients of chemoattractants, change their shape or behave collectively. Recently we proposed to call such droplets with life-like behaviour “liquid robots”. The relation of liquid robots to the origin of the word “robot” will also be discussed. Artificial life is very interdisciplinary, and it will be shown how chemical engineers in particular can contribute to solving the open problems in the field. Droplets defined as liquid robots are a novel concept that could find engineering applications in various areas, such as environmental sensing and remediation.

Název v anglickém jazyce

How chemical engineers contribute to artificial life research

Popis výsledku anglicky

Artificial life is the study of artificial systems that exhibit the behavioural characteristics of natural living systems. In this paper, the field of artificial life will be introduced with an emphasis on wet artificial life, which aims to synthesize artificial cells from chemical precursors. The challenge of creating an artificial cell composed of all attributes of living counterparts (such as growth and development, homeostasis, movement, energy use) is one that is yet to be solved. Our ambition is to create a system that will at least partly mimic cell behaviour. We focus on the investigation of organic droplets in the presence of aqueous solutions of surfactants. We have found that in a similar way to living cells, these droplets are able to perform chemotactic movements in concentration gradients of chemoattractants, change their shape or behave collectively. Recently we proposed to call such droplets with life-like behaviour “liquid robots”. The relation of liquid robots to the origin of the word “robot” will also be discussed. Artificial life is very interdisciplinary, and it will be shown how chemical engineers in particular can contribute to solving the open problems in the field. Droplets defined as liquid robots are a novel concept that could find engineering applications in various areas, such as environmental sensing and remediation.

Druh

D - Stať ve sborníku

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

20401 - Chemical engineering (plants, products)

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GJ17-21696Y" target="_blank" >GJ17-21696Y: Studium tvorby obrazců kapek dekanolu vyvolané odpařováním</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2019

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název statě ve sborníku

Proceedings 46th International Conference of the Slovak Society of Chemical Engineering

ISBN

978-80-8208-011-0

ISSN

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e-ISSN

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Počet stran výsledku

6

Strana od-do

1-6

Název nakladatele

Slovak Society of Chemical Engineering

Místo vydání

Bratislava

Místo konání akce

Tatranské Matliare

Datum konání akce

20. 5. 2019

Typ akce podle státní příslušnosti

WRD - Celosvětová akce

Kód UT WoS článku

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